ratifier
English
Etymology
ratify + -er
Noun
ratifier (plural ratifiers)
- One who ratifies.
- One who is in favor of ratification.
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin ratificare, from Latin ratus (“established, authoritative; fixed, certain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.ti.fje/
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Verb
ratifier
- to ratify (give formal consent to)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ratifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ratifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ratifiant /ʁa.ti.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ratifié /ʁa.ti.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | ratifie /ʁa.ti.fi/ | ratifies /ʁa.ti.fi/ | ratifie /ʁa.ti.fi/ | ratifions /ʁa.ti.fjɔ̃/ | ratifiez /ʁa.ti.fje/ | ratifient /ʁa.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect | ratifiais /ʁa.ti.fjɛ/ | ratifiais /ʁa.ti.fjɛ/ | ratifiait /ʁa.ti.fjɛ/ | ratifiions /ʁa.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ | ratifiiez /ʁa.ti.fi.je/ | ratifiaient /ʁa.ti.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ratifiai /ʁa.ti.fje/ | ratifias /ʁa.ti.fja/ | ratifia /ʁa.ti.fja/ | ratifiâmes /ʁa.ti.fjam/ | ratifiâtes /ʁa.ti.fjat/ | ratifièrent /ʁa.ti.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | ratifierai /ʁa.ti.fi.ʁe/ | ratifieras /ʁa.ti.fi.ʁa/ | ratifiera /ʁa.ti.fi.ʁa/ | ratifierons /ʁa.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | ratifierez /ʁa.ti.fi.ʁe/ | ratifieront /ʁa.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ratifierais /ʁa.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ | ratifierais /ʁa.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ | ratifierait /ʁa.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ | ratifierions /ʁa.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ | ratifieriez /ʁa.ti.fi.ʁje/ | ratifieraient /ʁa.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | ratifie /ʁa.ti.fi/ | ratifies /ʁa.ti.fi/ | ratifie /ʁa.ti.fi/ | ratifiions /ʁa.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ | ratifiiez /ʁa.ti.fi.je/ | ratifient /ʁa.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | ratifiasse /ʁa.ti.fjas/ | ratifiasses /ʁa.ti.fjas/ | ratifiât /ʁa.ti.fja/ | ratifiassions /ʁa.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ | ratifiassiez /ʁa.ti.fja.sje/ | ratifiassent /ʁa.ti.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ratifie /ʁa.ti.fi/ | — | ratifions /ʁa.ti.fjɔ̃/ | ratifiez /ʁa.ti.fje/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “ratifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- terrifia